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Right, but my understanding is they are not profitable (they were, but have been trying to work back toward profitability).
by bobwaycott 8y ago
Right, but my understanding is they are not profitable (they were, but have been trying to work back toward profitability).
- mwcampbell 8y agoWhy did GitHub become unprofitable? Did they spend too much money hosting open-source projects, compared to what they made on private repos? Maybe the lesson is that free hosting never works.
- bmuon 8y agoIf I learned anything working at large companies is that hardware is never close to being as expensive as headcount.
- 08-15 8y agoGithub tried hard, but clearly didn't achieve enough diversity[1] and still had too many white women[2]. [1] https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-at-github/ https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-a... [2] http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg
- foobarbazetc 8y agoNo, that’s not why.
- axiometry 8y agoMagic 8 ball says: Sorry, try again.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoI have been looking for a source to that claim (not the first I have seen) and haven't found one (either for or against profitability). Does anybody have one?